A Christmas Carol

Also known as Christmas Carol, Disney's A Christmas Carol

2009 film by Robert Zemeckis

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Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Released: 2009-11-0496 minDir: Robert ZemeckisAnimation, Drama, Family, FantasyBudget: $200MBox office: $325M

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Cast

Jim Carrey as Scrooge / Ghosts of Christmas (voice)
Gary Oldman as Bob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim (voice)
Colin Firth as Fred (voice)
Robin Wright as Fan / Belle (voice)
Cary Elwes as Portly Gentleman / Dick Wilkins / Fiddler / Business Man (voice)
Bob Hoskins as Fezziwig / Old Joe (voice)

Themes

london, england
based on novel or book
holiday
greed
victorian england
money
ghost
lesson
christmas music
motion capture

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Key facts

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay by: Robert Zemeckis
Based on: A Christmas Carol , by Charles Dickens
Produced by: Steve Starkey Robert Zemeckis Jack Rapke
Starring: Jim Carrey Gary Oldman Colin Firth Bob Hoskins Robin Wright Penn Cary Elwes Fionnula Flanagan
Cinematography: Robert Presley
Edited by: Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Music by: Alan Silvestri
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures ImageMovers Digital
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release dates: November 3, 2009 ( 2009-11-03 ) ( London ) November 6, 2009 ( 2009-11-06 ) (United States)
Running time: 96 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $175–200 million
Box office: $325.3 million

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: animated film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Based on: A Christmas Carol
Main subject: time travel
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Robert Zemeckis
Voice actor: Callum Blue
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Producer: Steve Starkey
Production company: ImageMovers Digital
Narrative location: London
Duration: 96
FilmAffinity ID: 867099
Performer: Alan Silvestri
Distribution format: video on demand
Official website: disney.go.com/disneypictures/achristmascarol

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set during recurring event: Christmas and holiday season
distributed by: Disney+
publication date: 2009-11-19
title: A Christmas Carol
after a work by: Charles Dickens
fabrication method: motion capture
box office: 325300000
different from: A Christmas Carol
capital cost: 170000000
review score: 55/100
Commons category: A Christmas Carol (2009 film)

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Encyclopedic overview

A Christmas Carol (also known as Disney's A Christmas Carol) is a 2009 American animated Christmas fantasy film based on the 1843 novel of the same name by Charles Dickens. The film was directed, written, and co-produced by Robert Zemeckis, and stars a motion-captured and voice cast that includes Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes and Fionnula Flanagan. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and ImageMovers Digital, and released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is Disney's third adaptation of the novel, following Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).

The film was animated through the process of motion-capture, a technique used in ImageMovers' previous animated films including The Polar Express (2004), Monster House (2006), and Beowulf (2007). Like the previous films Zemeckis has directed, Alan Silvestri returned to compose the score. A Christmas Carol was the first film produced by ImageMovers Digital, and also was, along with Mars Needs Moms (2011), the only two ImageMovers Digital projects made, before the studio was shuttered by The Walt Disney Company for poor box-office results.

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